South Africa in danger of ban from international cricket

[Liverpool Beachball]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1316348451576328193

 

[Silly Point]

Goes way over my head all that but would be a disaster of course. They’ve been in chaos for quite some time mind

 

[Mrjardine]

A country that happily picks people based on their skin colour. Unbelievable!

 

[TwasOnTheFifthOfMay]

A country that happily picks people based on their skin colour. Unbelievable!

Happily they no longer ignore top class players based on their skin colour, or demand that opponent's don't pick certain people based on their skin colour either.

 

[Mrjardine]

Happily they no longer ignore top class players based on their skin colour, or demand that opponent's don't pick certain people based on their skin colour either.

They no longer have a quota system?

 

[TwasOnTheFifthOfMay]

They no longer have a quota system?

Definitely a more egalitarian one than the one they used until 1970, which it sounds like you approved of, and sad that it's still considered necessary as a result of the hideous system in operation for decades.

None of South Africa's matches from the apartheid era should have test match status, as it wasn't a properly representative national side.

 

[Mrjardine]

Definitely a more egalitarian one than the one they used until 1970, which it sounds like you approved of, and sad that it's still considered necessary as a result of the hideous system in operation for decades.

None of South Africa's matches from the apartheid era should have test match status, as it wasn't a properly representative national side.

So they still pick people based on skin colour. Thought so.

 

[TwasOnTheFifthOfMay]

So they still pick people based on skin colour. Thought so.

No they don't. They pick people based on ability. However they used to not pick people based on skin colour.

 

[Mrjardine]

No they don't. They pick people based on ability. However they used to not pick people based on skin colour.

So there is no longer a quota system? Is that what you’re saying?

 

[TwasOnTheFifthOfMay]

So there is no longer a quota system? Is that what you’re saying?

Are you saying you're genuinely angry that they guarantee 18% of the starting XI for 75% of the population? Are you genuinely ignorant of why that's even a problem or that they still need to do it? There's a reason for it, and I think you seem to be more sympathetic of the apartheid system, which had what justification exactly?

 

[TheRey]

Are you saying you're genuinely angry that they guarantee 18% of the starting XI for 75% of the population? Are you genuinely ignorant of why that's even a problem or that they still need to do it? There's a reason for it, and I think you seem to be more sympathetic of the apartheid system, which had what justification exactly?

If you're asking Jardine if he's ignorant, I can answer for you - yes he is.

 

[Charmless Man]

Are you saying you're genuinely angry that they guarantee 18% of the starting XI for 75% of the population? Are you genuinely ignorant of why that's even a problem or that they still need to do it? There's a reason for it, and I think you seem to be more sympathetic of the apartheid system, which had what justification exactly?

Yes, he's incredibly ignorant. He probably thinks Apartheid is a cocktail bar in Newcastle.

He's also just back from a ban for potentially defaming someone. Through wilful and proud ignorance of the facts.

 

[The Hesford Diet]

I see their governing body for rugby are in trouble too. Amateur rugby was stopped due to the pandemic, but a tournament went ahead which they claim was without their knowledge. One of the players broke his neck and died.